Viewing impairment as a problem or deficiency of the individual is a deep attitudinal barrier. It extends into our thinking and practice both as individuals and as society. This has an impact on infrastructure, policies, institutional practices, customer service, and stereotypes about people living with disabilities. People have impairments; but disabilities and barriers to participation are created by attitudes and environmental conditions in society that are disabling to people. 

Families need support too. Caregivers and family members can find support from government and community programs for things like:

ASD is managed through a strong intervention and support system that starts early and continues into adult life. Additional support is important during times of change while growing up. This includes:

These damaging attitudes and stereotypes can lead to inaccurate assessments of people’s personal characteristics. They may also lead institutions to develop policies, procedures and decision-making practices that exclude or marginalize people with disabilities.

We should reduce stigma through ongoing training and education for educators and health and help reduce misconceptions  perpetuated about individuals with disabilities and their families. 

Diverse abilities: 'Diverse' means variety. And 'abilities' means skills and qualities. Diverse abilities mean that people's abilities are varied, and the different abilities all have value.

The word disability makes us focus on what people with disabilities can't do instead of what they CAN do. Diverse-ability means that we all have different abilities, but a certain group of people isn't more able than the other. The primary purpose of this presentation is to inform people that having slightly different abilities does not mean they deserve discrimination and alienation from society by introducing developmental and physical disorders that are common in children. In addition, we will present the different perspectives of seeing diverse abilities, which will help us to think about our role as educators to minimize the concern for having diverse abilities in the community and find a way to support them in the field.

Biological factors, including genetic influences and abnormal brain development, contribute to ASD (Colvert et al., 2015; Makin,2015; Tick et al.,2015). Studies suggest that the prenatal environment matters, especially when altered by maternal infection and inflammation, psychiatric drug use, or stress hormones (NIK,2013; Wang,2014).

DSM has broadened the diagnostic criteria for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). For those who experience these challenging symptoms. Diagnosis and treatment can be a relief and bring improved functioning(kupfer,2012; Maciejewski et al.,2016) According to the latest DSM- 5 guidelines, in order to be diagnosed with ADHD, a patient has to have shown at least six of the nine symptoms of inattention and/or hyperactivity/ impulsivity prior to age 12, and must impair the person’s functioning in more than one setting-home, school or work 

9 symptoms of ADHD is
 - Being unable to sit still, especially in calm or quiet surroundings.
 -Constantly fidgeting 
-Being unable to concentrate on tasks. 
-excessive physical movement 
-excessive talking 
-being unable to wait their turn 
- acting without thinking
-interrupting conversations

Types of Cerebral Palsy. Doctors classify CP according to the main type of movement disorder involved. Depending on which areas of the brain are affected, one or more of the following movement disorders can occur: Stiff muscles(spasticity), Uncontrollable movements (dyskinesia), Poor balance and coordination (ataxia).and four main types of CP is spastic Cerebral Palsy, Dyskinetic cerebral Palsy, Ataxic Cerebral Palsy and mixed Cerebral Palsy.

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 The Accessible Canada Act exclusively defends people with disabilities. Discrimination is prohibited by Canadian Human Rights. The law explains that people with and without disabilities have the same benefits, including employment access. However, the general population believes that only 10 % of people with disabilities are fully included in social life. As an example of this, the income GAP is $8,853 annual in women and  $9,557 less in men.

One of these is the disability, it has been studied in Canada widely in non-indigenous people. However, indigenous people are underrepresented in the Canadian statistics of the population with a disability. This is an essential  fact, because both populations have differences in demography, social structure, and location distribution, extending the historical discrimination, oppression and intergenerational trauma.  In addition, it reflects social and health inequalities that indigenous people still live with every day.

Adapted yoga offers a safe, calm environment for people with physical disabilities to practice meditative breathing and movement. Please note that participants who may require substantial physical or behavioral support may be asked to attend alongside a guardian or support worker.

This is a free, inclusive program. Drop-ins, parents and caregivers are welcome!

Victoria Pediatric OT and tele-therapy

Canadian Children’s Therapy provides a wide range of pediatric Occupational Therapy Services in person and online.

EMPLOYERS RATE WORKERS WITH

INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AS GOOD TO

VERY GOOD ON PERFORMANCE FACTORS.